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EDUCATION
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• Harvard University, Graduate School of Design Master in Architecture I, 2016 Commendation of Academic Achievement, Class Marshall, Student Forum President.
• Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 2011 Highest Honors, Minors in History and Architectural History, Certificate in City Planning
• Civil Architecture may 2016 - Ongoing, Bahrain & kuwait principal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Gulf House Engineering/Ewan June 2017 - Ongoing, Manama, Bahrain Project architect on BIBF competition, Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange competition, and Sheraton refurbishment.
• OFFICE KGDVS Jan - April 2017, Brussels, Belgium Design development for Havenlaan project Team member on Chicago Architecture Biennale SUBMISSION.
• SO-IL July - Sep 2016, New York, USA Competition for the extension to the Berlin Neue Museum.
• HOK June - Aug 2014, Dubai, UAE Development of Phase 2 masterplan for Qatar Education City
• ELEMENTAL Aug 2011 - May 2012, Santiago, Chile Design development and construction documents for Centro Anacleto Angelini project in Santiago.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• University of Bahrain 2017-2018 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR arcg 210 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN I- Fall 2017, ARCG 320 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IV - Spring 2018
• Harvard University, Graduate School of Design 2015 TEACHING ASSISTANT fALL 2015, STU-01308 Architecture without content 15 Kersten Geers and David Van Severen Option Studio spring 2015, STU-01306 Architecture without content 13 aikarimi.com
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2 Kersten Geers and David Van Severen Option Studio Spring 2015 GSD 1102 Second Semester Core: SITUATE Victor Navarro
EXHIBITIONS
• ‘Three Ideal Mounds’ Sharjah Architecture Triennale 2019, sharjah vEGETABLE MARKET, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES curator
• ‘Minor Paradises‘ Sharjah Architecture Triennale 2019, amman design week, jordan installation with studiolibani
• ‘Two Thousand Years of Non-Urban History’ Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019, National Museum of architecture, norway curator
• ‘Foreign Architecture/Domestic Policy’ Seoul Biennale & Sultan Gallery 2019, shown in sultan gallery, kuwait & dONUIMUN MUSEUM VILLAGE, korea curator
• ‘Al-Falaj: Water Systems of the Gulf Oasis’ 2018, House of Architecture Heritage, Bahrain CURATOR OF BAHRAIN CONTENT joint exhibition with uae ministry of foreign affairs
• ’Objects for a Painless Past’ Exhibition 2018, Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities exhibition area, Bahrain CURATOR
• ‘A Cheap Ecology’ 2017, Al Riwaq Gallery 'NEST', Bahrain curator
• ‘Gulf Abridged’ 2017, shaheed park, Kuwait curator
• ‘Between East and West: A Gulf’ Kuwait Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2016 2016, Venice arsenale, Italy Curator of kuwait national pavilion
• ‘Arabistan’ 2015, 40 Kirkland Gallery, USA curator
PUBLICATIONS
• Karimi, A.,‘Ice Cream for the Masses‘ in Very Vary Veri 4: Crowds 2020, Cambridge MA: Newsroom at the GSD
• Bukhamseen, H., & Karimi, A. BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: A Gulf. 2019, Barcelona, Spain: ACTAR
• Karimi, A., ‘Pearling Path Visitors Center by Valerio Olgiati Architect‘, Architectural Record March 2019‚ Civic Buildings‘ 2019, new york, ny : BNP Media
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3 cover story, Review of olgiati building
• Kim, F., & Karimi, A. “The Birth and Demise of Modernization in the Gulf“, in Saffari, S., Akhbari, R., & Adbolmaleki, K. Unsettling Colonial Modernity in Islamicate Contexts. 2017, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars PubliShing
• Geers, K. Architecture without Content 13 & 16 2017, lONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: BEDFORD PRESS Teaching Assistant/Studio worK SHOWn
• Mah,D. & Asensio Villoria. Lifestyled : Health and Places. 2016, Berlin. gERMANY: Jovis. Studio work with Justin Kollar SHOWN
• Bukhamseen, H., & Karimi, A. BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: A Gulf 2016, Kuwait City, Kuwait: NCCAL
• Karimi, A. ‘Imported Traditional‘ in Holtrop, A.,& Al-Sayeh,N. Places of Production: National Pavilion of the Kingdom of Bahrain at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.
2016, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities
• GSD Platform Books & Exhibitions, Platform 6-9 2014 - 2016, New York, NY : Actar
• Karimi, A.,Editor, Very Vary Veri 3: Exile. 2017, Cambridge MA: Newsroom at the GSD Contributed the following articles: 'How an Iraqi Saved Classicism: The Life and Work of Mohammed Makiya' 'Interview w/Rifat Chadirji' 'Interview w/Pier Paolo Tamburelli' 'Interview w/Amale Andraos' 'Interview w/FLORIAN IDENBURG'
• Bukhamseen, H. & Karimi.A ‘The Iconoclastic City: Preservation and Demolition in Mecca‘ in May, K. CLOG: Landmark 2015, Brooklyn, N.Y: May, Kyle
• Karimi,A. ‘Desert Island Manifesto: Sir Charles Belgrave‘s (Fake) Proposals to the Bahraini Government‘ in Tamburelli, P. San Rocco 10 - Ecology 2014, Venice, Italy: San Rocco
AWARDS/GRANTS
• Cornish Family Prize 2020, melbourne, australia finalist for prize
World Landscape Architect 2020, finalist for prize
• Georgia Tech 40 under 40 2020, Nominee
• Tamayouz Excellence Award: The Rifat Chadirji Prize 2019, sharjah, uae SHORtLISTED COMPETITION ENTRY FOR THE RIFAT CHADIRIJI PRIZE TO DESIGN THE BARJEEL MUSEUM FOR MODERN ARAB ART.
• Art Jameel Hayy: Cinema Competition 2019, jeddah, ksa
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4 SECOND PLACE - AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION FOR THE DESIGN OF A CINEMA SPACE WITHIN THE HAYY: CREATIVE HUB IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA.
• AlSerkal Residency 2018, Dubai, UAE
• Julia Amory Appleton Traveling Fellowship Finalist 2016, cAMBRIDGE, ma
• Heffernan International Travel Grant 2015, cAMBRIDGE, ma
• Joint Center for Housing Studies & Affordable Housing Institute Research Fellowship 2015, cAMBRIDGE, ma
• David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Travel Fellowship 2015, cAMBRIDGE, ma
• Boston Affordable Housing Development Competition 2014, cAMBRIDGE, ma Second Place Prize as Design Team Leader
• Dominique Bonnamour Lloyd Scholarship 2010, Atlanta, GA
LECTURES
• ‘Shared Waters‘, Hyundai Tate Research Center and AlSerkal Arts Foundation 2019, Dubai, uae
• ‘Minor Paradises‘, Amman Design Week 2019, Amman, jordan
• ‘Verdant Sculpture’, AlSerkal Avenue 2019, Dubai, uae Lecture
• ‘Wishful Tropics’, AlSerkal Avenue 2018, Dubai, Organizer Lecture
• ‘We Have Never Been Urban’, AlSerkal Avenue 2018, Dubai, uae Organizer Lecture
• ‘Prehistory, Prehistory, Prehistory’, UNESCO World Heritage Committee 2018, Manama, Bahrain Lecture
• ‘Shifting Morphology of Gulf Cities’, Sharjah Architecture Triennale Lecture 2018, Dubai, UAE Panel Discussion
• ‘Dwelling and Residue Roundtable’ Thirdline DXB 2018, Dubai, UAE Panel Discussion
• ‘Four Gateways to Bahrain’, Museums in Arabia Conference 2017, Manama, Bahrain lecture
• ‘GOOD ARAB BAD CITY’, AIA Middle East Lecture 2017, MANAMA, Bahrain
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5 LECTURE
• ‘Urban Archival Practices in the GCC’, Mawane Lecture 2017, Manama, Bahrain Panel
• ‘A Gulf Abridged‘ | Urban Archival Practices in the GCC 2017, kuwait city, kuwait lecture
• ‘Reporting from Venice’, Dutch Stimuleringsfonds 2016, amsterdam, netherlands panel
• Unsettling Colonial Modernity in Islamicate Contexts Conference 2015, Edmonton, Canada Panel
• ‚Cuba in Transition‘ Conference 2015, cAMBRIDGE, ma CONFERENCE Co-Organizer
•Harvard Arab Weekend 2014, cAMBRIDGE, ma CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
INVITED JURIES
• Woodbury University School of Architecture 2017-2020, SAN DIEGO, CA 2020, Thesis Juror 2019, Thesis Juror 2017, Thesis Juror 2017, spring second year studio final review
• University of Bahrain 2017-2020, Isa Town, Bahrain 2020, eskan housing award committee 2019 thesis juror 2018 thesis juror 2018 fourth semester final reviews 2017 Thesis Juror 2017 third semester final reviews
• American University of Sharjah 2020, Sharjah, uae fourth year studio final review
• Bahrain Royal Council for Women Monument Competition 2017, manama, bAHRAIN, Organizer/Team Mentor
• Harvard Graduate School of Design 2015-2016, Cambridge, MA 2016, Core semester II MIDREVIEW, JUROR 2016, career discovery program, juror 2015, career discovery program, juror
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